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| | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 11 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 11 | I just put a new after market floor in my 56 pickup, well not quite in yet, I'm wondering if I screwed up when I cut the whole floor out because the aftermarket floor seems thin and flimsey, the floor was almost totally rotten at least at the mounts (big suprise), should I have just put it on top of the old floor or am I doing it right, also the stock crossmembers are in bad shape I've descided to fabricate a new mounting system with 2.5" tube because the stock mounting system is in my opinion the source of most of the problems, like the front cross member which leaves 8 inches and the weight of the whole cab sitting out beyond the cross member.
What do you guy's think ? am I heading in the right direction ,keep in mind I'm not restoring so much as rodding because it wasn't oridional when I got it , I guess I just want it to be a good reliable driver
John Taylor,Brampton ontario
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | not sure about the quality of the current floor patches, but there are also molded brace pieces underneath [available] that are important, especially the ones that attach to the outer area of the floor and angle down to brace the back of the step-well - the factory mounts are fine if they're in good shape, that front cantilever was engineered and doesn't contribute to deterioration - the corrosion of road crud, and more important, the constant wetness inside [which settles into the depressions of the front mount bolts] is what did in yer floor
redesigning the cab mounting setup could easily be an unhappy experience when you find the front sheet metal is harder to fit and the thing doesn't ride well or has a lot more 'drumming' than original - cab makes an integral unit w/ fenders and rad support, and was put on the frame as that whole unit at the factory
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